1950's 1/4 scale car body? Dealship promotion?

I have no idea what to call it or where to find information, but I vaugely remember seeing some info on how dealerships used to have 1/4 scale driveable replicas of their automobiles? I found this ford (like) body and was wondering if anyone knew if it might be one of those promotional cars, and or any information on it?
thanks,
Chris

 

I dont know but thats cool and my son would also think sooooo.

 

Cool, looks Tbird ish.. a pedel car.. would of had working headlights and taillights.. I think the body is Fibreglass.

I had a 54 Corvette Pedal car the Same way..

 

Its bigger than a pedal car, about 5 feet long, and it is fiberglass.. what is it?

 

Its a Pedal Car.. The Corvette was much larger than your standard pedal car. I forget the company of Mfg.. they also made Mustangs.. There very acurate to the real car..

 

Is it worth the 300 I'm thinking of paying for it? There are a few cracks and repairs that need to be done....

 

I Sold the 54 Corvette for 2500.00. about 24 years ago.. but it was complete.. I believe there are sites pretaining to these as for what there suppose to look like in a complete state ..

Do you like it ? thats all that matters.. it would look kool done up..

 

while asking ,"is it woth it" you will be like the guy that lost the Hudson
you want it....buy it

 

It's a T-Bird Junior. They made 'em here in Kansas City, a few blocks from my house! More info here:
http://www.jrcentral.com/




~Jason

 

damn! i wished i had 12 of those....mini bird races at the Rust Revival fo show!!!!!

 

Thanks for all the info, I knew I had seen something on these as promotions!

 

Check out the site I put the link to - they made Mopars, Mustangs, etc too!

Some electric or gas powered!

~Jason

 

That might be a junior, but it's not a Tbird. Driver opening and quarter panel curve is all wrong.

 

After looking at it again, it does look kind of Fairlane-y. They started making the Juniors (mostly Ford) in 1954, so it COULD indeed be one, I agree.

~Jason

 

the milk truck on the web site is cool

 

This one?



~Jason

 

wow! thats friggin cool!!!!!!!!!

 

Scroll down to the bottom of this page for more info on the milk/ice cream truck:
http://www.inventorpat.com/kidcars.htm

And here for pretty pictures (where I got the above one from):
http://www.jrcentral.com/divco.html

~Jason

 

That's some neat stuff right there! Drop in a Briggs 5 horse and go man go! That would be great for the swap meets. Put a little trailer behind it and let the shit-eatin' grins begin! I want one.

 

I do like the Furys!

 

Here's more info & Pics...

http://www.powercarcompany.com/home.htm

~Jason

 

You know, it's obviously been painted... maybe someone modified it in 1976 (red, white & blue)?

~Jason

 

My first thought was that it was a fairlane as well, but I can't find anything on the fairlanes. Anybody got any info?

 

google "roadkill on the web" fellow there has a mess of them and much information and contacts.

 

Man, I followed link to link to link, ad nauseum, but couldn't find that body style. The closest I found was a 57 Fairlane, but the door is wrong and the fins are way more pronounced. I'd buy that sucker, then find out how rare it is. There was one car on a site that was the only known one left in existence. Gotta be worth some coin to someone.

 

One of the very best things about the HAMB is that when someone asks such an off the beaten path question, more than likely someone here has the answer! Amazing. Gary

 

There's a guy here in the Atlanta area that has several of the Ford bodies.. don't remember if they're T-birds or Fairlanes, but hauls a small trailer with three or four of them to shows, and they're all different years.

I'd say it's worth the $300.

-Brad

 

There were promo-kiddie cars at dealers. I seem to remember they were always seen only at the introduction of the new models and were raffled off to a lucky kid or two.

 

This was a birthday card I got a few years ago.

 

Had this T Bird go cart that I fixed up a few years ago.